Re: [aclug-L] C Library...

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> sorry about the newbie question, but what exactly is gcc?  is it just
> the c compiler?  most of the stuff on my box is a very recent version,

Yes, gcc is a C compiler.

> except for gcc... it is the version off of the redhat 5.2 distro
> (2.7.2.3)...  but i have also seen gcc-2.8.x...  what is the difference,
> and why does redhat 5.2 use the 2.7.x version if gcc-2.8.x was out
> before redhat 5.2 was released?

Gcc 2.8.x cannot compile Linux kernel 2.0.x, so it is not really used
by distributions.  egcs represents the future of gcc, so distributions 
will be heading there soon.

John
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